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Splicing 2.2 mm Zing-It to lengthen tarp ridgeline

If I have a length of rope, and want to make it longer, is there a splice that would work for that? I'm sure this is somewhere on the forum but I'm not finding it.

I recently made a Zing-It 2.2 mm single-rope ridgeline with Nite-Ize knotbone attached via fixed eye loop (locked brummel) on one end and Figure 9 on the other end attached via soft shackle prusik. The finished length is around 30 ft., but I wish I had made it 40 ft. since it barely spans the hanging points of my backyard hammock test area.

It seems like it would be easy to splice an additional 10 feet on, if I knew the best way. I'm not swimming in Zing-it for experimentation so I'm reaching out to HF members for their opinion. I have an idea of what I think will work:

Since the tarp ridgeline is not weight bearing I could just take six or seven inches of the old rope and splice it into the new rope, and bury same amount of new rope into the old Zing-It. Add a few locking stitches where the ropes meet for good measure and i'm done.

However, I'm sure there is a more elegant and sturdier solution involving double locked brummels, but I can't quite visualize it. Keep in mind that the standing end of old rope is not available for a locked brummel 'cause it already has a knotbone connected via fixed-eye loop. I saw a thread somewhere about doing a locked brummel when the standing end is unavailable, but like I said, I'm having a hard time visualizing how one would do this when trying to splice two ropes together to make one.

Its called an "end for end" splice. In the vids below it is on larger line, so disregard the measurements. You can use 3" buries and remember to go a little long on the section you are burying the tail in. Also, there is alot of jargon in the vids that doesnt pertain to hammocks, but the process for the splice is the same.

This is great, Opie. I spent an hour online trying to find the answer, and I thought the "end for end" splice was what I was looking for. However, the tutorials I found can't hold a light to your video. Thanks again!

It appears that the buries are approximately 65 rope diameters for this.

So that would be about 6" for 2.2mm Zing-It, and 8" for 1/8" lines...

Nice... Uses not a lot of line and is as strong as the original....

Going with the proper bury lengths is important on lines supporting weight, but on tarp lines and such you can shorten the buries significantly. Especially if you lock the splices using a brummel rather than stitching.

Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

This is great, Opie. I spent an hour online trying to find the answer, and I thought the "end for end" splice was what I was looking for. However, the tutorials I found can't hold a light to your video. Thanks again!